Rajini
Genre	Drama
Written by	Dialogues Krithika
Screenplay by	Sargunam Pungaraj
Directed by	Vaithi(2021) Zaheer hussain K.Rajeev Prasad S.S. Saravanan (2022) Y.V. Ramana Moorthy(2022) A.Manjunathan(2022-2023)
Starring	Shreya Anchan Arun Crizer
Theme music composer	Sai Bharath
Opening theme	"Oli Vidum Sudar Nee.."
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	435
Production
Executive producer	Chitra P.S
Producers	Anbu Aran Aran Hari
Editors	Shanmuga velu Ravindhiran, Rajendiran
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 22–24 minutes per episode
Production company	Spectraa Productions
Original release
Network	Zee Tamil
Release	27 December 2021 (2021-12-27) – 30 April 2023 (2023-04-30)

Rajini is an Indian Tamil-language family drama television series that aired on Zee Tamil and digitally available on ZEE5.^[1][2] It premiered on 27 December 2021.^[3] The series stars Shreya Anchan in the title role with Arun Crizer in the lead roles.^[4] The show was ended on 30 April 2023 with 436 episodes.^[5]

The show aired a four hour long finale on Sunday, 30 April 2023.^[6]

Synopsis

Rajini, a determined and bold woman, who take cares her whole family as a single lady. But things take turns when her love was forgiving to her sister.

Cast

Main

• Shreya Anchan as Rajini: a determined and bold woman, an IT employee; Ranjitham's 2nd daughter; Radhika, Murali and Divya's elder sister; Shankari's younger sister; Parthiban's wife; Aravind's ex-girlfriend^[7]
• Arun Crizer as Parthiban: Anitha's brother; Rajini's husband.

Recurring

• Srilekha Parthasarathy as Ranjitham: Rajini, Radhika, Shankari, Murali and Divya's mother; Marimuthu's first wife.
• Poppy Master as Padma: Marimuthu's second wife, Meena's mother, Rajini's stepmother (2022–2023)
• Andrews Jesudoss as Marimuthu: Ranjitham and Padma's husband; Rajini, Radhika, Shankari, Murali and Divya's father; Singamuthu's elder brother (2022–2023)
• Subiksha Kayarohanam as Radhika; Aravind's wife; Rajini and Shankari's younger sister; Murali and Divya's elder sister; Ranjitham's 3rd daughter (Main Antagonist)
• Hemanth Kumar as Aravind: Rajini's ex-boyfriend; Radhika's husband
• Arifa Arafat as Siva Shankari: Rajini, Radhika, Murali and Divya's elder sister; Ranjitham's 1st daughter
• Vishwanth as Kuberan: Shankari's husband
• Rithieshvar Rajan / Tharun Appasamy as Murali: Aishwarya’s husband; Rajini, Radhika and Shankari's younger brother; Divya's elder brother; Ranjitham's son
• Sinthuja Mu as Aishwarya: Murali’s wife
• Preetha Suresh as Divya: Anand's wife; Rajini, Radhika, Shankari and Murali's youngest sister; Ranjitham's 4th daughter
• Vishnukanth as Anand: Divya's husband; Rajini, Radhika, Shankari, Murali and Divya's maternal cousin; Ranjitham's elder nephew; Selvi and Rajasekhar's son
• Yalini Rajan as Anitha: Rajini's best friend since childhood; Parthiban's elder sister, Jerold's wife
• David Solomon Raja as Singamuthu: Rajini, Radhika, Shankari, Murali and Divya's younger paternal uncle; Marimuthu's younger brother
• Srividya Shankar as Selvi: Rajini, Radhika, Shankari, Murali and Divya's maternal aunt; Ranjitham's elder sister-in-law; Anand's mother; Rajasekhar's wife
• Geetha Ravishankar / Babitha Justin as Kamala, Parthiban Mother (2022-2023)
• Ravishankar as Kaalimuthu, Parthiban Father (2022)
• Sai Rithu as Meena: Marimuthu and Padma's daughter (2022–present)
• Girija Hari as Nisha: Aravind's elder sister, Bhaskar's wife (2021–present)
• Manoj Kumar as Rajasekhar: Rajini, Radhika, Shankari, Murali and Divya's maternal uncle; Ranjitham's elder brother; Selvi's husband; Anand's father (2021–present)
• Sai Lakshmi as Kamakshi: Singamuthu's wife; Rajini, Radhika, Shankari, Murali and Divya's younger paternal aunt (2021–2023)
• Maanas Chawla as Ramesh Sharma: Rajini's IT Manager (2022–2023)
• Nalini as Azhagamma: Parthiban's aunt (2022–2023)
• Dharani as Hemalatha: Radhika's mother-in-law; Aravind and Nisha's mother
• Bala as Manoj: Radhika's father-in-law; Aravind and Nisha's father
• Sankavi Rajendran as Raghavi: Parthiban's ex-fiancée, fixed by Anitha^[8] (2022–2023)
• Revathy Shankar as Anitha and Parthiban's mother (2022)
• Premi Venkat as Kavitha: Raghavi's aunt (2022)
• Babitha as Raghavi's mother (2022)
• Shravan Dwaraganath as Ragavi's father (2022)
• Vetrivel as Jerold: Rajini's colleague; Anitha's husband (2021–2022)

Cameo appearances

• VJ Parvathy as Sharanya
• Vishnu as Vishnu
• Sanjeev Venkat

Special and Crossover episodes

• The series held a one hour special episode on Sunday for the love proposal of Parthiban-Rajini on 15 May 2022 at 2pm.^[9]
• Rajini with Anbe Sivam series held a one hour episodes of Super Sanagamam from 23 May to 6 June 2022.^[10][11]
• The series again held a one hour special episode on Sunday for the court scene on 17 July 2022 at 2pm.^[12]

Awards and nominations